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Remains of Serbs and Albanians exchanged (Tanjug)

Representatives of EULEX and the Serbian government's commission on missing persons have exchanged the remains of three Serbs and 12 ethnic Albanians, Veljko Odalovic, chairman of the Serbian commission, said on Tuesday. The exchange of the remains was done at the Merdare administrative crossing between central Serbia and the province of Kosovo-Metohija on Monday, and Odalovic underscored that this was the first time that the victims of the 1999 conflict in Kosovo-Metohija were at the same time given and taken. We gave EULEX the remains of 12 ethnic Albanians, which were found at the Rudnica

KFOR commander talks with North Mitrovica mayor (Tanjug)

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - KFOR is playing a key role in establishing stability in northern Kosovo-Metohija, it was concluded on Tuesday in a meeting between the KFOR Commander, Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, and North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic. The meeting in Kosovska Mitrovica dealt with the security and economic situation in northern Kosovo-Metohija, KFOR stated in a release. As Rakic underscored, KFOR is an important actor that is playing a key role in establishing stability in this area and creating conditions for a secure and prosperous environment. The release notes that the No

UN: Serbia regional leader in peacekeeping operations (Vesti online)

During the meeting with Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic, Head of the UN office in Belgrade, Peter Due, said that Serbia has become the regional leader in the active participation of the military in peacekeeping operations. In the statement of the Ministry of Defence was said that the Minister Gašić and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade, spoke about the participation of the Serbian Army in multinational operations and the forthcoming regional meeting of countries whose forces are already in UN operations. Due thanked Gašić for a large contribution to peacekeeping operations, with more than 2

KFOR:More patrols after murder of Serbian Gendarmerie member (Tanjug)

PRISTINA - KFOR Commander Major General Salvatore Farina said in Pristina on Monday that the number of patrols of that military mission and the Serbian Armed Forces in the ground security zone has been tripled since the killing of Serbian Gendarmerie member Stevan Sindjelic. Sindjelic, 30, a member of the Serbian Gendarmerie from the Kraljevo detachment, was killed in the armed attack by several ethnic Albanians from Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) which took place on August 28, not far from the Merdare crossing at the administrative line between central Serbia and KiM. At a farewe

Farina: Warriors outside the country, not only a Kosovo phenomenon (gazetaexpress)

 The outgoing Commander of the peacekeeping forces in Kosovo, General Salvatore Farina, said today during a press conference in Pristina that foreign warriors in Middle East, are not a phenomenon only in Kosovo, but in all western countries. During his last meeting with journalists from the position of the KFOR Commander, General Farina said that “this is a joint problem of democratic and developed countries.”